“I’m Just Scared”: Teen Hacker Jailed After Massive U.S. School Data Breach

The report describes Matthew Lane’s central role in the PowerSchool breach that exposed sensitive records for ~60 million students and ~10 million teachers; attackers used stolen contractor credentials to exfiltrate data, issued ransom/extortion demands (leading to millions paid), and later resurfaced data in follow-on extortion attempts, culminating in Lane’s arrest, guilty plea, and multi-year prison sentence.